Example sentences of "to [noun sg] for the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigit , 45 , will be seen in the first commercial this week playing a mum worried about her daughter going to university for the first time . |
| 2 | Chairman , if I could just er , erm , some words that are n't included in this pa paper , I understand that the Deregulation Bill is published on the eighteenth erm , and presented to Parliament for the first reading , erm , it 's still far from clear what 's going to be said in it , but erm , it 's still widely expected that in fact , on major contentious issues will in fact be the suggestion that sections of Acts of Parliament will , could be revealed by ministerial order rather than go through the parliamentary process again . |
| 3 | It was probably in consequence of this great accession of landed wealth that Holland was summoned to Parliament for the first time in July 1314 . |
| 4 | Some black children may have had their first experience of Jamaican Creole from reggae lyrics , while others may have been attracted to Creole for the first time because of the music . |
| 5 | The report , entitled Assessment of Constraints on Space Shuttle Launch Rates , also notes that additions to the maintenance system and equipment will be needed to bring down ‘ turnaround ’ time — the period from landing to readiness for the next flight . |
| 6 | In this machine , some of the work Unisys has been carrying out with academic partners such as Caltec , JPL and with French microkernel specialists Chorus Systemes , will come to light for the first time . |
| 7 | I recently returned to Bali for the first time since my Los Angeles house burned down . |
| 8 | True , it might be a genuine enquiry , but it could be Nigel Steen relating him to Jacqui for the first time . |
| 9 | The median years for return to work for the next cohort , who had their first birth between 1975 and 1979 , is estimated to be only 3.7 years . |
| 10 | Faith that Jesus was God 's anointed prophet and king ( Messiah ) was basic to self-definition for the first church . |
| 11 | Microsoft and DEC have been porting NT to Alpha for the last year : conveniently DEC has a facility just a mile away from the Microsoft campus in Belleview , Washington . |
| 12 | I 'VE just been to court for the first time in my life at 74 , because my local council said I owed them £63 for my wife 's poll tax during 1991–92 . |
| 13 | But his attitude was positive as he returned to Obergurgl for the first time in years for our jaunt . |
| 14 | Who will give priority to education for the Third Age ? |
| 15 | Lyle 's par four not only gave him his most crucial win since the 1988 US Masters but relegated winless Montgomerie to runner-up for the fourth time this year . |
| 16 | However , as EC businesses restructure themselves in preparation for the single market and as previously protected industrial sectors are open to competition for the first time , takeover activity is one means by which new corporate entities can be created and structured on a pan-European basis . |
| 17 | After all , she was returning to competition for the first time in five years . |
| 18 | Not to be outdone … the man who created thunderbirds is performing his own one man show … explaining with the help of Lady Penelope 's nine foot long Pink Rolls Royce … and the original puppets who were brought to life for the first time over twenty five years ago . |
| 19 | Parks will be elevated to folk hero status by Cliftonville 's fanatical fans if he delivers the Cup to Solitude for the first time since 1979 . |
| 20 | I remember too being taken to school for the first time . |
| 21 | One of the boys was Charlie , who 'd bothered to turn up to school for the first time in weeks . |
| 22 | It was then that I went to school for the first time , to a Roman Catholic convent in Ealing , not because of my parents ' religious beliefs but because it was thought to be educationally superior to any of the state-run schools in the locality . |
| 23 | It all started sixteen years ago when our children went to school for the first time and we found we had a gap in our lives to fill . |
| 24 | After the new student experiences his first free sparring fight , he returns to his daily training with an intensified ardour , determined to correct his shortcomings in order to get his fighting application up to standard for the next sparring session . |
| 25 | Many of the women wept unashamedly , for Tristram was not the only Polruan boy to be going to sea for the first time . |
| 26 | And so I went to sea for the second time . |
| 27 | No 4468 Mallard was being prepared for a return to steam for the 50th anniversary of its 1938 world record speed run . |
| 28 | The presidential election of 1952 brought the Republicans back to power for the first time in 20 years . |
| 29 | The Conservatives were returned to power for the fourth election in a row with 42 per cent or more of the popular vote . |
| 30 | By this means [ the suspended sentence ] we shall substantially avoid sending people to prison for the first time unnecessarily . |